opinions editorial opinion Closing the door on concessions The homecoming of the Rev. Lawrence Jenco, the ,Roman Catholic priest who was' held for almost 19 months by Shiite Moslem extremists in Lebanon, returned the plight of the American hostages to the nation's conscience. But while American hearts were warmed by this "living martyr," the Reagan admin istration has been criticized for callously abandoning the three remaining hostages by refusing to take an open part in negotiat ing their release. " However, Reagan stands firm that the United States will continue its policy of "no concessions . . . no deals" when it comes to terrorists. And really, the president doesn't have much of a choice. Acknowledging that terrorists like the Islamic Jihad the group that, held Jenco captive are legitimate bodies privileged to full U.S. diplomatic considerations is just the foot in the door the terrorists are wait ing for. Openly bargaining with terrorists would push the situation far beyond the three Americans in Lebanon and 17 Shiites im prisoned in Kuwait. Talking with terrorists implies that their acts of violence are rea. sonable ways of expressing demands. Open negotiations set a dangerous precedent, 'Rehnquist's nomination William Rehnquist would not be our nominee. He has voted and written consistently against the claims of minorities and the poor. He has exalted executive and state authority over. Congress and the arguments of states over individuals. His sole dissenting vote dignified the Reagan administra tion's arguments that segregated schools were exempt from taxation . . . Whether the Senate should confirm him is a separate question, one that could turn on his Senate testimony. U.S. space program The Bolivian drug raid It is time to set aside any doubts that the U.S. Critics have carped that the government ought space program is in deep trouble. to crack down on the dealer and the user. Granted, American communications firms are unable to drug dealers in particular should be treated like a JUSTICE REMIST WE'VE MIMED SatTIAItIG MGM AND STUNNING IOUR PAR. Ring closes up shop and bids us farewell on his way to The Real Vl/orl• My father always told me that when it's time to say goodbye, it's best to make it short and sweet. One of his favorite tech niques in getting around painful, awkward farewells was making a big scene in the office several days prior to his departure and saying something to the effect of "Now hear this! I do not I repeat not want a going-away party held in my honor. Is that understood?" Now I should point out that my father is not a bombastic, unfeeling ogre; on the contrary, he is a soft-spoken, deeply sensi tive man whose insight, intelligence and sense of humor draws others toward him. It is, in fact, that very sensitivity that moves him to take such great pains to avoid saying goodbye, for he knows that if he let his guard down against the feelings of sadness that accompany farewells, chances are good that he' might change his mind about leaving in the first place. This column, then, should by rights be equally aloof and understated as my fa ther's farewell policy. Then again, I ain't my dad. About four weeks ago, some man from Illinois woke me out of an afternoon nap to offer me a job scribbling in his newspaper. It seems he'd seen my scribbles in The Daily Collegian and thought that he'd like me to make a mess of his editorial page, too. I said fine, and so, at 7:30 a.m. on Tues day, September 2, I'll walk through the The New York Times Rwv, rrs IitiI3ELIMME AND ENVON6SING. which could lead to further acts of terror ism against Americans. The Islamic Jihad and every other terror ist group would quickly recognize that the United States is willing to negotiate within diplomatic bounds and willing to cave in to their demands and threats. But terrorists aren't bound by diplomacy. However, the Reagan administration can not merely sweep the captive Americans under the rug. Our hostages cannot be forgotten. After Jenco left Lebanon, administration officials reported that a secret trip to Syria by CIA Director William Casey led to Jen co's release. According to these govern ment sources, Casey met with the Syrians, who have influence in the area where Jenco was held. Perhaps these behind-the-scene negotia tions are the answer action that will result in freedom for the captive Americans without compromising America's firm stand against negotiating with terrorists. The hostages must not be forgotten, nor should they be ignored. But any steps the Reagan administration takes to gain their freedom should ensure that more Ameri cans will not be taken as bargaining chips. find American rockets to take their satellites into space. The growing backlog of grounded satellites is forcing U.S. firms to look elsewhere for reliable launchers, to Europe, even China. With NASA's space shuttle program on hold until 1988, the failure to develop a private commer cial launch program to compete with the space agency can now be viewed as a costly mistake. The United States is losing a multi-million dollar business to foreign governments, and the coun try'•s reputation as the world's high-tech leader is in jeopardy Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail doors of the Danville, Illinois Commercial News and offiCially return to that dreaded void we like to call The Real World. Funny thing about this getting-a-job stuff, though. As soon as I decided to go to Illinois, the national pastime suddenly became tell ing me how lucky I am and how happy I should be. It is to laugh People don't seem to realize that I've already been a part of the real world. Hell, that's .why I went back to grad school in the first place. I had a decent job that was paying decent money. I was living at home, so saving money was no problem. My par ents had a VCR, a microwave, cable, air conditioning, refrigerators that were al ways full, and a spare ten-dollar bill every weekend. I had everything a 22-year-old could possibly want, Everything, that is, except freedom. See, while you're at college, it's difficult 1 0 A' social virus. It would not be out of line to charge dealers of hard drugs with conspiracy to commit murder and sentence them as such. But a crackdown on the dealers is like one blade of a scissor, or one half of a nutcracker. Either works a whole lot better with the other half and in this case, that is striking at the drug suppliers at their base, before their poison can even reach this country. If other countries did the job right, they wouldn't even need such overt U.S. help. The Bloomington (Ind.) Herald-Telephone Congress and the deficit The deficit has more than doubled during the Reagan years, due largely to the White House's insistence that spending can be increased without a tax hike. Congress bought that reasoning hook, line and Frankenstein. Now, however, it wants to avoid responsibility so badly that it will surrender its budgetary discretion to (the Office of Manage ment and Budget) whose economic theory created the current problem in the first place. It's a perfect demonstration of why horror stories are so scary: The beasts that never die are always the ones that should. Hazardous materials Nebraska Gov. Bob Kerrey took a rather ex treme step in stopping a train carrying radioactive material from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Kerrey ordered the train stopped in Kansas but allowed it into Nebraska after a 3 1 / 2 hour layover Kerrey's order to halt the train before it crossed the Nebraska border was more show than sub stance. His action, though, emphasizes the need for stricter control over the movement of hazard ous materials . . . The potential for a major disaster should an accident occur on a train carrying radioactive cargo is too great for the shipments to be taken for granted to appreciate just how much freedom you have. Now, I'm not talking about freedom from your parents or 'anything like that; that kind of freedom is probably the only thing college students never take for grant ed. Instead, I'm talking about things like those days when you just don't feel like going to class or the times when a beer sure would taste good or the afternoons when you think a couple hours of basketball would be _ just the ticket to help you get rid of some of that extra energy you've been carrying around. I'm talking about the freedom to see your best friends any time you want to or cut out for the weekend or watch MTV all night. Y'know, the kind of freedom that matters. I'm also talking about the kind of freedom that allows you to delude yourself long enough that you believe you could one day become anything your heart desires. When I walk past the Undergraduate Student Government offices in the HUB, I see future members of Congress. When I pass a Steamin' Norbert's cart, I see some one headed for Merrill Lynch or Price-Wa terhouse. And when I walk into the Collegian offices, I see future members of the staff of the New York Times. Okay, so maybe these are delusions of grandeur. All I know is that it was the prospect of deluding myself about one day becoming an editorial cartoonist that The Cleveland Plain Dealer Parsons (Kan.) Sun R/A/6 - 's Sorry— W're CLOSED Columnist applications available The Daily Collegian is looking isn't mandatory that columnists for a few good columnists for Fall be English or journalism majors. Semester 'B6. Applications are available in 126 Columnists will be expected to Carnegie Building. Please pick write opinionated, . well-re- one up for further details. Ques searched and well written colum- tions should be directed to Opinion ns for the editorial opinion page Editor Jill Graham in the Colle concerning political issues or top- gian office in 126 Carnegie Build ics that are currently capturing ing or at 865-1828. the public's attention either locally or nationally. The deadline for all applications It's necessary that columnists. is Wednesday, September 3, 1986 have the basic writing skills to at 5 p.m. However, no applications produce quality columns on a will be accepted until Sunday, weekly or bi-weekly basis, but it August 24; 1986. dn; Collegian The Daily Collegian's editorial opin ion is determined by its Board of Opinion, with the editor holding final responsibility. Opinions ex pressed on the editorial pages are not necessarily those of The Daily Collegian, Collegian Inc. or The Pennsylvania State University. Collegian Inc., publishers of The Daily Collegian and related publica tions, is a separate corporate insti tution from Penn State. brought me to Penn State in the first place. And let me tell you that I've never had so much fun in my life as I've had deluding myself at University Park. I've been ironi cally referred to as "omniscient," had my work termed a "dilatory diurnal diatribe" and had some women claim that I can't appreciate the beauty of a black woman (I just love mentioning that), and believe me, I've never been happier. Now, as the frontier of The Real World creeps closer, I can't help but think sadly back to all of the things that I wish I'd done while I was here. And I certainly can't think of any better way to express to you the importance of those things to me than a bona fide, imitation "Late Night with David Letterman" Top-Ten list. Call it "Top Ten Things Ring Would Like to Have Done before Leaving Penn State." Here goes Paul, do we have music to go along with this? (Cue the muzak version of "I've Loved These Days" by Billy Joel). 10. See what Bryce Jordan's sneakers really look like. Wear black and sit on the wall on College Avenue. Do a cartoon on how utterly ridiculous it is for anyone to have to pay for a bluebook. Pet a cow at the School of Agriculture. Spend my life savings on a watch at the Penn State Book Store. Look up dirty books on LIAS Wire Editor Doug Popovich Copy Editors Sonya Baum, Heather Malarkey, Sheryl WeMerman Sports Editor Matt Herb Tuesday, August 5, 1986 Assistant Sports Editor Mark Brennan ©1986 Collegian Inc. Arts Editor Pat Grandjean Science Editor Kathl Dodson Graphics Editor Tony Clccarelll Photo Editor Gregg Zelkin Assistant Photo Editor Dan 9leski Nan Crystal Arens William G. Landis Jr Business Manager Board of Editors Managing Editor Amy Fellin Assistant Managing Editors Chris Raymond, Krls Sorchilla Opinion Editor JIII Graham News Editor Anita Yesho The Daily. Collegian' Tuesday, Aug. 5, 1986 Board of Managers Sales Manager David M. Profozich Office Manager Mary Lynn Johnson Assistant Office Manager Amy Constantine _ Accounting Manager K.C. McClure Layout Coordinator Nancy George Complaints: News and editorial com plaints should be presented to the editor. Business and advertising complaints should be presented to the business manager. If a complaint is not satisfacto rily resolved, grievances may be filed with the Accuracy and Fair Play Commit tee of Collegian Inc. Letters Policy: The Daily Collegian en courages comments on news coverage, editorial policy and University affairs. Letters must be typewritten, double spaced and no longer than one and one half pages. Forums must also be type written, double-spaced and no longer than three pages. 4. Down a few beer bongs with Joepa. 3. Conduct research confirming the fact that reading the Centre Daily Times can give you zits. 2. Collect a couple of grand from Serra- Tec because I have some wonderful new type of plasma (here it comes, cover me Paul) 1. Do a cartoon so astoundingly astute that the Board of Trustees calls an emergency meeting to completely divest Penn State's holdings in South Africa. Well, I guess the time for dreams and delusions is about over now, and I guess I've gone far enough against my father's style of saying goodbye, so I'd better get going. There are just two more things I want to say. - First, for all of its imperfections, Penn State truly is a special place. To those of you lucky enough to be staying on here, I say enjoy it while you can, because one day you might end up in Illinois. And second, keep on reading this paper, and especially this page. There are some terrific people here working pretty damn hard for you. And besides that, reading anything else is probably bad for your complexion. Rob King was a graduate student major ing in journalism and the editorial cartoon ist for the Daily Collegian. Now he is preparing to face certain death in The Real World. reader opinion Hollywood politics It appears that the radical right has spoken in Pennsylvania's 23rd Con gressional district. Within the past week, actor and well-known ultra-conservative Charl ton Heston has entered the Congres sional race between Bill Wachob and William Clinger. Heston, known for his portrayal of "Moses" in the movie "The Ten Commandments," is once again trying to play the role of God's messenger. In his radio spots in support of Clinger, Heston suggests that "a man can be judged by the company he keeps." He then goes on to list some of Ed Asner's "left wing" affiliations, and states that because of these, we should think less of Bill Wachob. Well, if we follow this logic, it's only fair to point out some of Heston's affiliations as well just to keep things even. In the past, Heston has actively campaigned for the Radical Right of the Republican party. A case in point is Heston's appearance at fund raisers and on TV ads for Sen. Jesse Helms of Nortl? Carolina. Jesse Helms, a close ally of the Moral Majority's Jerry Falwell, says that cannibalism and the murder of our elderly are being taught in our public schools, voted against the Superfund, voted for cuts in funding for higher education and labeled Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King as a communist and a pervert. This, according to the logic of Charlton Heston's radio spot, puts Heston, as well as Rep. William Clinger, on the side of a minority of rightist radicals offers fast, free delivery of delicious HOAGIES, CHEESESTI BURGERS, STROMBOLIS, and SALADS in addition to outstanding PIZZA. So, dial: today and we'll take care of your HOME DELIVERY order. Stromboli Pizza dough stuffed with cheese & your choice of stuffings. am ig 1. Ham & Sausage 3.25 4.95 2. Salami, Capacola & Pepperoni 3.25 4.95 3. Fresh Sauteed Vegetables 3.25 4.95 4. Spinach, Mushrooms & Bacon 3.25 4.95 (sauce Included in 1 & 2 others .25 extra) Ucaeles Served on an Italian roll 1. 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Just as the winners of the past ten World Series is no indication of who will win the next ten World Series, your ex-post portfolio is inapplicable to the next ten years. Next, you give as further evidence that "a number of universities have divested of their South African-re lated stocks without losses." The universities that you speak of are not Penn State. They have different bud gets, different investment schedules, and different portfolios. In my July 24 letter, I mentioned that if the Univer sity divests; it must suffer the conse quences of lower yields. You claim that this is a myth. Wrong. If this is a myth, then I must ask you how do you know? Do you know the actual yields of all securities for the next 10 years? If you did, you could be mil lionaires. The fact is, I claimed be fore, that divestment is a financial sacrifice,. in which an attack against the apartheid system is a higher priority than financial decisions. 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